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The Wall Opens at Potsdamer Platz, West Berlin, 12 November 1989: Construction work in the border strip [3/16]

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Created By: Dagmar Lipper

Depicts

Berlin Wall (West), Berlin Wall graffiti (writing), border guard, border strip, crane, group of people, hammer and sickle (symbol), inner-Eastern Wall, military vehicle, swastika, Trabant (car), Wall graffiti

Context

Berlin Wall (West), border strip, crowd, curiosity, fall of the Berlin Wall, media, observation deck, opening of the border, sparkling wine

People/Organizations

Border Troops of the GDR, police (FRG)

Places

Postdamer Platz border crossing, Potsdamer Platz

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